Yes it is all relative. It was 70 degrees here New Years eve and fell like a rock Jan 1. Jan 12nd was the first below freezing morning this winter and all week we woke up to temps in the 20's and highs only about 50. This morning is the first day since Jan 1st we haven't awoken to temps below 32. It was only 35 this morning, but the "warm spell" won't last as it is to head to the low 20's tonight. Normally we will get a day or two of cold weather then it will blow out to sea. The cold has been the lead story in all the papers the past few days and everyone is fussing about it. I imagine folks in New England would be running around in shorts in this weather, but it has us in the deep south shivering.
But I really wonder about the ticks. Here in South GA ticks are not a problem like up north. You will get an occaisional tick, but not like some places further north where you can't go in the woods without spraying down. And we do not have lyme disease dispite having a heavy deer population. So I really wonder if ticks and Lyme disease are responsive to cold weather. WF On Jan 8, 7:34 am, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > Ents, > Wednesday night/Thursday day we here in St. Louis got between 3-6 > inches of snow. While this is not much the problem was the cold front > that came with it. High temps for yesterday were in the teens and > today and tomorrow the highs are to be in the single temps. Of course > the wind chills have been -10 and below. This is heading towards the > Northeast today. I hope that everyone there dresses warmly and in > layers if they have to get outside. > > I hope that this bitter cold (yes I know Lee, this isn't cold for you) > kills off some of the ticks around here. I am tired of pulling them > off of me along with getting Lyme. > > Beth
